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varagu arisi pongal | kodo millet pongal | millet pongal
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varagu arisi pongal | kodo millet pongal

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
soaking time 10 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup kodo millet (varagu)
  • ¼ cup moong dal
  • 3½ cup water
  • 1 tsp pepper (crushed) 1 tsp or more (depends upon your taste)
  • salt as required
For seasoning:
  • ¼ cup ghee
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 10 cashews
  • ¼ tsp peppercorns
  • 2 green chilly
  • ½ tbsp chopped ginger
  • few curry leaves
  • A pinch asafoetida

Method
 

  1. Before you start, just rinse twice in water (or rinse more times if it needed), drain soak the millet for 15 minutes
    keep the monng dal washed and keep it ready
  2. In a pressure cooker, add 1 cup of varagu (kodo millet) and ¼ cup of moong dal
  3. Then pour in 3½ cup of water
  4. cover it with lid pressure cook it for 4 whistles in medium flame
  5. Open the lid, after pressure got settled down naturally
  6. Add required salt and 1 tsp pepper (crushed)
  7. Give a mix
For seasoning:
  1. Heat ¼ cup of ghee in a seasoning pan, now add cumin, cashews, peppercorns, green chilly, chopped ginger
  2. Turn off the flame, then add asafoetida and curry leaves (both must be added after turn off the flame)
  3. Then put this seasoning mixture into our Pongal, give a quick stir,
    Our millet | varagu pongal is ready to serve with chutney and sambar